“When he (Keene) gets in here I tell him ‘You know since you probably won’t get to visit Colorado Springs, there it is,’ ” said Morse, a Colorado Springs Democrat, pointing to a framed picture on his office wall of the city’s downtown skyline.

Little did Morse know, Keene travels to the southern Colorado city quite often.

“And then he’s like ‘I go to the Broadmoor[6] and then I always do my best to head further West and go fly fishing,’ ” Morse said.